"Information for Ontario elementary and secondary teachers regarding: history of inclusion and integration of students with exceptionalities into regular classrooms; the categories of exceptionalities; strategies for inclusive classroom teaching; research into causes, prevalence, treatment, and classroom techniques regarding each exceptionality as classified by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Includes References, Author Index, Subject/Context Index "-- Provided by publisher.

Editions 1-7 authored by Ken Weber and others.

Preface -- 1. Special education : then and now -- 2. Continuing issues in special education -- 3. Special needs : categories, population, and IPRC process -- 4. Service delivery : the infrastructure of special education -- 5. The individual education plan : a team approach -- 6. Assessment : identifying strengths and needs -- 7. Students with mental health needs -- 8. Emotional/behavioural exceptionalities and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- 9. Students with learning disabilities -- 10. Students who are gifted -- 11. Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- 12. Students with autism spectrum disorder -- 13. Students with neurological disabilities : chronic health needs, musculoskeletal impairments, acquired brain injury -- 14. Hearing, vision, and speech and language impairments -- Subject/content index -- Author/resource index.